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Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am a member of the Catholic Church and note that, in recent days, devout Catholics who have followed the teachings of their church faithfully over very many years are appalled by this position. They want their church to be a church of the future with a future. The symbolism of change is very important. The Archbishop of Dublin said in his pastoral letter on Sunday that child abuse was and...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: Good.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: On the Order of Business, I was going to ask the Taoiseach, first, if he has any information about the person inside the Fianna Fáil Party who tried to screw-up his predecessor. I noted on Sunday he was very concerned that somebody in the party deliberately tried to screw him up, and he knows who it is.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: Somebody in the party, maybe------

Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: Was he not?

Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: So there is no need for a commission of inquiry.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: I sent the Taoiseach a note some weeks ago about the Committee of the Regions, which is a European institution. Prior to the last local elections, the position of his party was much stronger in terms of local government representation than it is now. The committee, as he will be aware, has nine representatives and nine alternates, and it is supposed to reflect the relative strengths of the...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: He will think about it.

Report by Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: I speak on the Murphy report as a citizen, a husband, a father and a Catholic. It is with a degree of pain that I will say what I have to about the conduct of the church of which I am a member. When someone reasonably famous dies, the easy comment to make on their passing is that it marks the end of an era. The publication of the Murphy report does too. It marks the end of an era of trust...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 17 November 2009, the interim arrangements for the provision of Garda station facilities at a premises in Ballyvary, Castlebar, County Mayo; the scale and cost of the provision of these facilities; and when same will be available to gardaí and the public. [44441/09]

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Shops will close.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I understand the report into the activities of the Dublin diocese will be published this afternoon. Dr. Diarmuid Martin has said this report will shock everybody. It will be launched by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Minister of State with responsibility for children. Will the Tánaiste make arrangements at a suitable time in order that the House will have an...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: If this continues, in a short time banks will have retrenched at the cost of businesses and thousands of jobs.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: We passed the Bill and the Government needs to do something about this. Businesses are starved of credit and I was told by businessmen face to face that bank managers have said to them, "I will not even lodge the application for you". That is absolutely scandalous at a time they want to put their money where their mouths are in the middle of a recession, follow through on their initiatives,...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: If they turn up, will they be allowed in?

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: If they attend the Minister's launch, I assume they will be allowed in.

Written Answers — Digital Terrestrial Television: Digital Terrestrial Television (25 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of commercial digital terrestrial television here and the ongoing negotiation between the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and a consortium (details supplied); the timescale for the rollout of a free to air DTT service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43298/09]

Public Service Reform. (25 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: That is a lengthy reply which has been prepared for the Taoiseach. The OECD report made a number of recommendations and referred to the collapse of value-for-money disciplines and the damage done by an ill-thought out decentralisation programme. It referred to the habit of creating new agencies for every problem, the inability to deliver on the ambitions of e-Government and the refusal to...

Public Service Reform. (25 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. He would do himself a power of good if he, as Taoiseach and Head of Government, said he and the Governments he has served in got this wrong. I agree the structures of the public service have strangled initiative and strangled many of those who work above and beyond the call of duty. In respect of redeployment, which is critical, the Government task...